Audition Registration Is Now Open!

Auditions are open only to those age 55+, as of the date of auditions.

It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school “Burger Palace Boys” are stealing hubcaps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, chain-smoking “Pink Ladies” are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. The 1950s high school dream is about to explode in this rollicking musical that is both an homage to the idealism of the fifties and a satire of high schoolers’ age-old desire to be rebellious, and provocative. At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski. Through such hit songs as "Greased Lightnin'," and "We Go Together,” Grease: Sr. is an edited version of the full production that runs approximately 90 minutes..

This show will be performed in the VACT Theater at 103 Lincoln Street. Performance dates listed HERE on our website.

AUDITION DATES AND TIMES

• Auditions: Monday, February 17th

  • Check in beginning at 6:00 pm; audition at 6:30 pm

• Callbacks: Tuesday, February 18th:

  • We will attempt to complete all auditions on Monday.

  • If needed, callbacks will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 18th.

  • If you are not available on Tuesday, please let us know and we will make sure to complete your audition on Monday.

• If you are unavailable for auditions on February 17th, please contact Producer Sarah Lederer at sarah@vact.org to discuss other options.

AUDITION LOCATION

• Auditions will be held at the Dee Baldock Performing Arts Center (the VACT Building) located at 103 Lincoln Street in Verona. 

AUDITION FORMAT

• Those auditioning are welcome to sing excerpts from the show.

  • If you wish to sing a song from the show, we have provided many song options and backing tracks of songs from the show, which you can access HERE and feel free to use for auditions. (These will also be the callback songs.)

• If you do not want to use one of the songs in the folder linked above, you are also welcome to choose your own song (please sing an excerpt no longer than 60 seconds) that is not from the show.

  • If you choose your own song, there will be an accompanist provided.

    • Please bring sheet music for the accompanist in a three ring binder.

  • If you choose your own song, you are also welcome to bring a backing track for the song you choose.

    • If you bring a backing track for the song you choose, we will have a speaker set up for that purpose, but you must be comfortable operating your track on your own device.

  • There will be no acapella auditions allowed. 

• If you choose to sing a song from the show, for each excerpt posted in the folder HERE, you will find three files:

  • Sheet music for the song.

  • An accompaniment track that includes the vocal line being played with an instrument sound (has CUE near the end of the file name)

  • An accompaniment track that is just the rhythm section (has RS near the end of the file name).

  • During the audition, we will play the rhythm section track for you while you sing.

  • For all male characters, the excerpts are available in two keys. You may audition in either key. The lower version of the song includes the word Down near the end of the file name.

AUDITION REGISTRATION

• Please complete the online registration form linked at the bottom of this page.

• We will not accept any day of, walk up, or late registrations. All registrations must be completed online by 5pm on Friday, February 14th, 2025. 

• Please record all known rehearsal conflicts on your online registration form.

• Because this is a senior production and we know that many people travel in the winter we will be VERY liberal about absences.

• Please do not let extended trip plans in February or March discourage you from auditioning as we may be able to work around your absences.

• You will need to be available regularly beginning in April.

• For those with many/extended absences, it would be our preference that you be willing to work on your music independently.

Cast List will be posted on WWW.VACT.ORG 

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

• The regular rehearsal schedule will be:

  • Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-9:00.

  • The full cast may not be called every night.

  • Please see audition registration for full list of rehearsal dates.

• Beginning mid-April, all rehearsals will be ALL CALLS. 

• Dress rehearsals will be May 5th and May 7th, with a brush up dress rehearsal on Thursday, May 15th. 

• Performances will be held in the VACT theater at 103 Lincoln Street on May 8, 9 & 16 at 7:30pm and on May 10, 17 & 18 at 2:00pm.

• All Dress Rehearsals and Performances are mandatory.  

CLICK HERE to register for auditions

Questions? Please contact Producer Sarah Lederer at sarah@vact.org.

Auditions are open to all adults.

Youth performers are also welcome to audition for this production, according to the guidelines below.
Youth Performer Eligibility
Youth performers must be in at least 4th grade during the 2024-25 school year to audition. Students in grades 4-12 are welcome to participate.

• Grades 4-7: Youth performers in these grades will be part of the youth chorus.

• Grades 8-12: Youth performers in these grades will join the general ensemble.

Sha la la, Joseph, you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat, ahead of your time!” One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the musical follows preferred son Joseph and is told entirely through song with the help of a main character, Narrator. After being sold into slavery by his brothers, Joseph ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar, but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife. While imprisoned, Joseph discovers his ability to interpret dreams, and he soon finds himself in front of the mighty but troubled, Elvis-inspired, Pharaoh. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man and reunites him with his family.

Audition registration will open in early February 2025.

Auditions:
Tuesday, March 18, 6:30-9:30PM
Wednesday, March 19, 6:30-9:30PM

Callbacks:
Thursday, March 20, 6:30PM